Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 22:13:22 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org, obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu Subject: Re: desire for ftp.internat.freebsd.org mirror Message-ID: <38ED6062.29A81EF@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004061419220.35934-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com>
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Doug Barton wrote:
>
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Wes Peters wrote:
>
> > David O'Brien wrote:
> > >
> > > Access to ftp.internat.freebsd.org from the USA (and presumably
> > > elsewhere) is an abomination. Isn't there *anyone* with an permanate FTP
> > > server that could officially mirror the crypto bits from
> > > ftp.internat.freebsd.org?
> >
> > For a mere $100,000 per year I could anchor a boat 3 miles outside the
> > golden gate and get a wireless T-1 service. Anybody got some change?
>
> At 3 miles you may run into a curvature of the earth problem over
> water.
Nah, it's a lot further out than that. The horizon is 14 miles, and you
can always put the antenna on a tower on the ground, and on the top of
the mast on the boat. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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